System, Apparatus and Method for Emotional Experience Time Sampling via a Mobile Graphical User Interface

1. A system, comprising: a mobile device; and a mood mapping graphical user interface hosted via the mobile device to receive mood data from an individual in predefined time intervals, wherein the mood mapping graphical user interface is comprised of a touch screen having a 2×2 diagram with a valence dimension and an intensity dimension, and the mood data is to correspond to the individual from whom the mood data is received.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the 2×2 diagram further comprises one or more semantic labels.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the 2×2 diagram further comprises a color gradient.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mood mapping graphical user interface is used to assess user satisfaction with a consumer device.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is to identify a trend of emotional states based on mood data received in multiple predefined time intervals.

6. The system of claim 1 , further including an indicator input, the mobile device to use data from the indicator input to validate a negative mood indicated by the mood data.

7. A method, comprising: receiving mood data from an individual in predefined time intervals via a mood mapping graphical user interface hosted by a mobile device, wherein the mood mapping graphical user interface is comprised of a touch screen having 2×2 diagram with a valence dimension and an intensity dimension, and the mood data corresponds to the individual from whom the mood data is received.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the 2×2 diagram further comprises one or more semantic labels.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the 2×2 diagram further comprises a color gradient.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the mood mapping graphical user interface is used to assess user satisfaction with a consumer device.

11. A machine-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method, the method comprising: receiving mood data from an individual in predefined time intervals via a mood mapping graphical user interface hosted by a mobile device, wherein the mood mapping graphical user interface is comprised of a touch screen having a 2×2 diagram with a valence dimension and an intensity dimension, and the mood data is to correspond to the individual from whom the mood data is received.

12. The machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the 2×2 diagram further comprises one or more semantic labels.

13. The machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the 2×2 diagram further comprises a color gradient.

14. The machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the mood mapping graphical user interface is used to assess user satisfaction with a consumer device.